African diaspora

The US Embassy in Athens and its Consular Section, the US Consulate General in Thessaloniki, and all US Government offices in Greece will be closed on Monday in observance of Juneteenth, the federal US holiday commemorating the emancipation of enslaved African Americans.

A twerking teenage girl has sparked controversy on a TV talent show after she performed a raunchy routine in front of her cheering father.

Sara Seifert, 18, from Vukovar, Croatia, shocked judges and viewers with her performance on the country’s Super Talent show, the Croatian version of Britain’s Got Talent.

Legendary hip-hop stars will come to Istanbul for the Burn Battle School, which has been billed as "the world's hottest breakdance contest."

Hip-hop musician Sultan Tunç will perform at garajistanbul with the participation of Wermonster and DJ Yesta on Nov. 29. Goethe-Institut Istanbul, garajistanbul and Art Anywhere (Her Yerde Sanat) Association have come together to throw an event that will bring the rapper together with disenfranchised youth.

US President Barack Obama on June 22 ignited a storm of social media debate when he used a racial epithet in an interview posted online that discussed race relations following the recent  killings of nine black churchgoers. 

Dylann Roof, aged 21, who killed nine people at an African-American church at Charleston, South Carolina, expressed his belief in a manifesto. Accompanying his extreme beliefs are a series of photos that have surfaced showing the gunman burning the flag of the United States and visiting a former slave plantation.